FIB Exploration

FIB Sampling points

This file contains results from microbiological sampling in the 5 TBEP counties from 1995-2022. We don’t necessarily need to know what the results are, just that they exist. The query from Water Quality Portal was also set to only include stations with at least 10 sampling events. The latest download was performed 1/29/2024 and this is the link to the query.

That download was pre-processed using R/WQP_preprocessing.R to:

  • filter out Groundwater samples - only keeping Surface Water.
  • only keep sample types Fecal Coliform, Total Coliform, Enterococcus, and E. coli (eliminates DNA-based samples). Total Coliform is in the processed data frame but I am ignoring it in this exploration.
  • only keep a small subset of columns relevant to this exploration.

The pre-processing reduced the file size from 167MB to 40MB, and the smaller file is used in this document.

Temporal Heatmaps

For 2 & 3M Classes, within the TBEP boundaries, only.

By Bay Segment

By Provider

Enterococcus: Provider x BaySeg

Maps

All stations in TBEP boundary

All vs. Estuarine/Marine Only

Filtering by Class, to be either 2 or 3M

Estuarine/Marine Only

Timing by Indicator, Estuarine/Marine only

Tabular Summaries

The following tables only include information about Estuarine/Marine sampling stations; Classes 2 or 3M in the WBID shapefile.

By Bay Segment

Estuarine and Marine FIB Information
Fecal Coliform
Enterococcus
E. coli
Bay Segment # Providers # Stations Years # Providers # Stations Years # Providers # Stations Years
Boca Ciega Bay 5 42 2000- 2019 4 21 2000- 2022 3 9 2015- 2022
Lower Tampa Bay 4 55 1999- 2022 3 23 2000- 2022 1 1 2018- 2022
Terra Ceia Bay 1 3 2009- 2017 - - - - - -
Old Tampa Bay 4 80 1999- 2022 4 70 2000- 2022 3 14 2001- 2022
Hillsborough Bay 3 67 1999- 2022 3 56 2000- 2022 1 19 2001- 2022
Middle Tampa Bay 6 59 1999- 2022 6 45 2000- 2022 2 8 2001- 2022
Manatee River 2 6 1996- 2021 2 6 2013- 2022 1 5 2018- 2022

By Provider

Estuarine and Marine FIB Information by Provider
Fecal Coliform
Enterococcus
E. coli
Bay Segment / Provider # Stations Years # Stations Years # Stations Years
Boca Ciega Bay
City of St Petersburg 5 2013- 2019 8 2013- 2021 6 2016- 2021
Division of Environmental Health, Bureau of Water Programs 4 2000- 2011 4 2000- 2022 - -
FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District 6 2004- 2010 3 2017- 2022 1 2017- 2018
Florida Department of Environmental Protection 23 2009- 2017 - - - -
Pinellas County Dept. of Environmental Management 4 2009- 2016 6 2009- 2022 2 2015- 2022
Hillsborough Bay
Division of Environmental Health, Bureau of Water Programs 1 2000- 2011 1 2000- 2022 - -
Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County 51 1999- 2022 52 2001- 2022 19 2001- 2022
FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District 15 2006- 2011 3 2017- 2022 - -
Lower Tampa Bay
Division of Environmental Health, Bureau of Water Programs 2 2000- 2011 2 2000- 2022 - -
Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County 20 1999- 2022 20 2001- 2022 - -
Florida Department of Environmental Protection 32 2009- 2017 - - - -
Manatee County Parks and Natural Resources Department (Florida) 1 2005- 2021 1 2013- 2017 1 2018- 2022
Manatee River
FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District 1 2002- 2008 1 2017- 2022 - -
Manatee County Parks and Natural Resources Department (Florida) 5 1996- 2021 5 2013- 2017 5 2018- 2022
Middle Tampa Bay
City of St Petersburg 2 2013- 2019 3 2013- 2021 2 2016- 2016
Division of Environmental Health, Bureau of Water Programs 3 2000- 2011 3 2000- 2022 - -
Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County 35 1999- 2022 35 2001- 2022 6 2001- 2022
FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District 16 2005- 2011 1 2018- 2022 - -
Manatee County Parks and Natural Resources Department (Florida) 1 2011- 2014 1 2013- 2014 - -
Pinellas County Dept. of Environmental Management 2 2009- 2012 2 2009- 2012 - -
Old Tampa Bay
Division of Environmental Health, Bureau of Water Programs 9 2000- 2011 9 2000- 2022 - -
Environmental Protection Commission of Hillsborough County 50 1999- 2022 51 2001- 2022 8 2001- 2022
FL Dept. Environmental Protection, Southwest District 18 2005- 2022 5 2017- 2022 1 2018- 2018
Pinellas County Dept. of Environmental Management 3 2009- 2016 5 2009- 2022 5 2015- 2022
Terra Ceia Bay
Florida Department of Environmental Protection 3 2009- 2017 - - - -